BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday termed the ruling Awami League (AL) as an old and tested autocratic party. “Whenever there’s killing, terrorism and manipulation of tenders, the AL is there. There is no way I can call it a new autocrat. We’ve seen what type…

Ten armed men attacked a high-security Punjab jail in India yesterday and fled with dreaded militant and Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) “chief” Harminder Singh alias Mintoo, reports The Hindustan Times. The men who broke into the jail were dressed in police uniforms and fired more than…

Cuba mourned its revolutionary leader Fidel Castro yesterday, as the communist island prepared to bid farewell to the towering giant of its modern history…

Donald Trump called a recount of votes being prepared in Wisconsin a scam, insisting Saturday that his presidential win should be respected, not “challenged and abused,” reports AFP from Washington. The recount, which was requested by Green Party candidate Jill Stein, who received a minute…

The High Court (HC) yesterday ordered the Superintendent of Police (SP) of Chapainawabganj to appear before it on December 4 to explain his reported comment provoking people to take law into their hands, reports UNB. An HC bench of Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and Justice Mohammad Ullah passed the suo…

Renowned dance artiste Munmun Ahmed and her troupe captivated the audience with their thrilling Kathak dance performance on the fourth day of the ongoing…

A suspected member of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) was killed in a reported gunfight with detectives at Rakhalgachhi in Sadar upazila of Bagerhat early yesterday, reports UNB. Identity of the deceased could not be confirmed yet. Superintendent of police Pangkaj Chandra Ray said on secret…